It’s beginning to look a lot like…

Sidney Slapstick (knitted 2002, photograph re-edited 2014)

Christmas ~ and as we are planning a very special reunion in December with family and friends we haven’t seen for ten years, it seemed appropriate to repost an image from ten years ago. So here is Sidney Slapstick (I knitted him in 2002 and he first appeared on my blog in 2014).

Have a wonderful Christmas holiday and a peaceful, healthy and creative New Year.

Happy Christmas from New Zealand

acrylic painting of a New Zealand fantail in the bush painted in a semi-abstract style
‘Piwakawaka’ acrylic on canvas, 225 x 305 mm, 2020. SOLD

A small, gold bauble,
Lightly flitting here and there,
Making Christmas bright.

Wherever you find yourself this Christmas, whatever the circumstances, it is still the season of love and light and family. May the holidays be whatever you need them to be ~ and wishing you all a happy and healthy new year.

All I want for Christmas (word prompts)

A very happy Christmas and New Year to all : )

These six-word stories were prompted by the Page Flutter Six-Word Story Challenge. I’m also posting some of my favourites on Instagram.

17. They migrated to leave summer behind.  [Christmas without snow didn’t seem right]

18. Best Christmas romance: naughty and nice.

19. Grandma’s recipe smudged and became indigestible.

20. You’re all I want for Christmas.  [and I’m not just saying that]

21. Open your eyes, my sentimental friend.

22. Peace on Earth. Goodwill to all.

23. Whoever ordered the cookie-gram… Thank you! : )

[December prompts: snowy flight, Christmas romance, Grandma’s recipe, please, Santa, nostalgia, peace, cookie-gram]